An introduction to accounting and statistics messages

Accounting and statistics messages are generated intermittently by queue managers to record information about the MQI operations performed by WebSphere MQ applications, or to record information about the activities occurring in a WebSphere MQ system.

Accounting messages

Accounting messages are used to record information about the MQI operations performed by WebSphere MQ applications, see Accounting messages.

Statistics messages

Statistics messages are used to record information about the activities occurring in a WebSphere MQ system, see Statistics messages.

Accounting messages and statistics messages as described here are not available on WebSphere MQ for z/OS, however equivalent functionality is available through the System Management Facility (SMF), see the WebSphere MQ for z/OS System Setup Guide.

Accounting and statistics messages are delivered to two system queues. Users or user applications can retrieve messages from these system queues and use the recorded information for various tasks such as resource charging or system monitoring.